My 16 month old daughter LOVES to be outside. We have recently tried letting her go into the backyard (with one of us, of course). However, she makes a bee-line for the dog's "piles". How do you divide the backyard so that the dog is not tortured and the kids have room to play without me having to constantly tell her "no"? I would like her to be able to "explore", just not dog piles!
I don't think I was clear in my original question. I cannot clear the yard before she goes out because I am not yet home from work. DH had tried to take her out after he picked her up from daycare - she can't stay in the house by herself, so getting out into the yard to clean before she goes out isn't an option. Plus, hubs isn't going to pick it up (although the dog "came" with him and is still pretty much his dog!) - his solution is that she just doesn't get to go out in the backyard until she is older and will listen to "no" . . .. anyway, I really just wanted ideas on how people physically divide the backyard - and it sounds like a chain link fence is the option that is used.
Clean up the dog dirt before going out. Then she has a clean backyard to play in.
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you get a pooper scooper and clean up after the dog when he "goes"... i have four dogs, we pick up their waste immediately whether the kids are outside or not - we have 4 dogs and 3 small children, they all play in the backyard/pool together without problems.
The easiest solution is to keep the yard clean.
yep! clean up the dog poop once a day, every day... good for the earth, drainage/rainwater/creeks, super great for anyone trying to enjoy your back yard. :)
I agree with Jennifer T. You just have to be vigilant and clean up the messes before you go out. Just another part of the job.
Another option that works for some people if you have the room is to make a dog run. Fence off a section of the yard just for the dog. It can get pricey and we have a larger dog that needs the room, so that option wouldn't work for us.
We put an attractive short fence around the front yard and that is the kid's play area.
a shovel and plastic bad every day and a hose at night to wash done anything you may have missed along with the porch etc. been there done that.
Absolutely, without exception, you pick it up everyday and discard it in your trash. It is extremely unhealthy for your daughter to be in your backyard with dog feces. This is just common sense here, but if you don't believe me then research it on the internet.
our dog kind of poops in parts of the yard. i have heard you can train your dog to go in certian areas. i am not the type to pick up poop. its good for the grass and its discusting for me :P. why not tell your toddler no. she needs to learn some things are off limits. we had to tell our son no that it was nasty. we also have to tell him to keep away from the bbq pit. now is the time to train your toddler that thats not a safe thing to explore. its ok to tell her no. really it is. * just read the pick it up daily responces. sometimes our dogs poop is a bit uh messy and even if you pick it up there will be traces of it on the grass. she will be fine just teach her right from wrong.
We just pick it up when our son wants to go out back. Like Bobbi said, we don't want to be stepping in it either - yuck!
put a chain link fence through a portion of the yard that the dogs have to go into while she's outside playing.
I always pick up the dog doo right when they go. That way I'm not stepping in it either.
